pressure
['preʃə]
n.压强, 压力, 压迫
v.施压
例句与用法：
The birth of twins put pressure on them to find a bigger flat.
他们生了双胞胎，不得不寻找一套较大的住房。
The tyre is too hard reduce the pressure a bit.
这轮胎太硬，要减少一点压力。
The water pressure may need adjusting.
水压可能需要调整。
It was done under the pressure of the necessity.
这件事是在迫切需要的情况下而做的。
It took a bit of pressure to make the lid close.
要稍按一下才能把盖子盖紧。
词形变化：
动词过去式: pressured | 动词过去分词: pressured | 动词现在分词: pressuring | 动词第三人称单数: pressures |
详细释义：
n.
1. 压; 按; 挤; 榨[U]
The small box was flattened by the pressure of the heavy book on it.
小盒子被这本厚厚的书压扁了。
2. 压力; 压迫; 紧迫; 催促[U][C]
He works well under pressure.
他在有压力的情况下工作很出色。
3. 困扰; 艰难[U]
These old people are unaccustomed to the pressure of modern life.
这些老人不习惯现代生活的紧张压力。
4. 【物】压力; 压强[U][C]
The pressure inside the old submarine was almost unendurable.
老式潜艇内的压力几乎是难以忍受的。
5. 【气】大气压强[U][C]
vt.
【主美】对……施加压力; 迫使[(+into)][O2]
Some young people are pressured into staying on at school.
有些年轻人是在压力下才继续留在学校里上学的。
短语词组：
at high pressure
1. 紧张地; 使劲地
Sometimes he had to work at high pressure.
有时候他必须使劲地工作。
under the pressure of
1. 在……压力下
Under the pressure of the urgent circumstances, he had to resign.
在严峻形势的逼迫下, 他只好辞职。